Kōrero: West Coast region

Paddy Webb at Rūnanga, 1936

Paddy Webb at Rūnanga, 1936

Large numbers of Australian miners moved to the West Coast in the first decade of the 20th century. One of them was Paddy Webb, who played a major role in the 1908 Blackball strike, and helped mobilise the miners at Rūnanga during the 1913 general strike. He returned to Rūnanga in 1936 as a minister in the newly elected Labour government, and addressed supporters outside the Rūnanga Miners’ Hall.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Grey District Library
Reference: P20/186

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Simon Nathan, 'West Coast region - Government and politics', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21126/paddy-webb-at-runanga-1936 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, updated 1 Sep 2016